PDF/BOOK The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan

The Politics Industry: How Political
Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and
Save Our Democracy
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b Our political system in America is broken, right? Wrong. b
The truth is, the American political system is working exactly
how it is designed to work, and it isn't designed or optimized
today to work for us—for ordinary citizens.Most people believe
that our political system is a public institution with high-minded
principles and impartial rules derived from the Constitution. In
reality, it has become a private industry dominated by a
textbook duopoly—the Democrats and the Republicans—and
plagued and perverted by unhealthy competition between the
players. Tragically, it has therefore become incapable of
delivering solutions to America's key economic and social
challenges. In fact, there's virtually no connection between our
political leaders solving problems and getting reelected.In The
Politics Industry, business leader and path-breaking political
innovator Katherine Gehl and world-renowned business
strategist Michael Porter take a radical new approach. They
ingeniously apply the tools of business analysis—and Porter's
distinctive Five Forces framework—to show how the political
system functions just as every other competitive industry does,
and how the duopoly has led to the devastating outcomes we
see today.Using this competition lens, Gehl and Porter identify
the most powerful lever for change—a strategy comprised of a
clear set of choices in two key areas: how our elections work
and how we make our laws. Their bracing assessment and

practical recommendations cut through the endless debate
about various proposed fixes, such as term limits and
campaign finance reform. The result: true political
innovation.The Politics Industry is an original and completely
nonpartisan guide that will open your eyes to the true
dynamics and profound challenges of the American political
system and provide real solutions for reshaping the system for
the benefit of all. b THE INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL
INNOVATION b The authors will donate all royalties from the
sale of this book to the Institute for Political Innovation. em em
b Our political system in America is broken, right? Wrong. b
The truth is, the American political system is working exactly
how it is designed to work, and it isn't designed or optimized
today to work for us—for ordinary citizens.Most people believe
that our political system is a public institution with high-minded
principles and impartial rules derived from the Constitution. In
reality, it has become a private industry dominated by a
textbook duopoly—the Democrats and the Republicans—and
plagued and perverted by unhealthy competition between the
players. Tragically, it has therefore become incapable of
delivering solutions to America's key economic and social
challenges. In fact, there's virtually no connection between our
political leaders solving problems and getting reelected.In The
Politics Industry, business leader and path-breaking political
innovator Katherine Gehl and world-renowned business
strategist Michael Porter take a radical new approach. They
ingeniously apply the tools of business analysis—and Porter's
distinctive Five Forces framework—to show how the political
system functions just as every other competitive industry does,
and how the duopoly has led to the devastating outcomes we
see today.Using this competition lens, Gehl and Porter identify
the most powerful lever for change—a strategy comprised of a
clear set of choices in two key areas: how our elections work

and how we make our laws. Their bracing assessment and
practical recommendations cut through the endless debate
about various proposed fixes, such as term limits and
campaign finance reform. The result: true political
innovation.The Politics Industry is an original and completely
nonpartisan guide that will open your eyes to the true
dynamics and profound challenges of the American political
system and provide real solutions for reshaping the system for
the benefit of all. b THE INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL
INNOVATION b The authors will donate all royalties from the
sale of this book to the Institute for Political Innovation. em em